Monthly Archives: August 2025

New Hip-Hop and R&B Albums Dropping August 22, 2025 Fridays always mean fresh music, and this week’s lineup is stacked with some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B. Fans across North America can look forward to a mix of long-awaited returns, soulful storytelling, and genre-bending collaborations that will set the tone for the rest of 2025. Leading the charge is Ciara, who returns with her highly anticipated full-length album CiCi. Expanding on her 2023 EP, the project delivers...

Hip-hop fans are buzzing after Grammy-winning rapper and actress Eve revealed a surprising chapter of her past in her brand-new memoir, Who’s That Girl?. In the book, Eve opens up about a brief romance with Death Row Records founder Suge Knight and how it created unexpected tension with her label, Interscope Records. According to Eve, the situation began when she was frustrated with how her career was being handled. At the 2001 Soul Train Awards, she reached out to Knight...

When it comes to 90s R&B hits, few songs have left a mark like “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica. Released in 1998, this unforgettable female R&B duet topped charts for 13 weeks and even won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group. The song’s meaning — a fierce back-and-forth over a man — sparked endless fan debates and fueled rumors of a real-life Brandy & Monica feud. But what’s the truth?While the media...